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Alexander had been moving along at his usual slow and steady zombie shamble. His classes for the day were over, and he was making his way at a snails pace towards the Undead dorms, and thus, his bedroom. Things that had been on his mind way too much lately were beginning to take there toll, and for once he just felt like going and sitting alone in front of his computer all night, rather then make his usual trek over to the library to read until morning.

That was, until somebody came up from behind him to tap on his back, and speak to him in an unfamiliar voice.

His head swiveled around, cool grey-white eyes falling upon the somewhat short, round faced, red demoness behind him. He already had a smile on his face, as he almost always did, as he then shifted his body to be facing her.

But then that's when he saw the whisps of smoke, and noticed that she was actually producing heat from where she stood. It wasn't like Danny, to be sure, but it was enough to make him take a stumbling step backwards, an arm raised up towards his face as though to protect himself.

Smoke meant fire.

SMOKE meant FIRE.

FIRE BAD!

Though as his eyes moved over her, sweeping her up, then down, then up again in search of said fire, nothing could be seen, and he visibly relaxed...a little.

Wait, had she just called him cutie? What was with so many ghouls calling him that, lately? Not that it was a bad thing. In fact, he rather enjoyed it, so he graced her with a large grin, showing a little teeth, before letting out a chuckle.

"I'm sorry, not used to pretty ghouls coming up on me from behind like that. You're new here?" Well, that is what she said, and Alex honestly couldn't say that he'd ever seen her before. He never forgot a ghoul~ He then continued on.

"Names Alexander, or Alex...whatever you prefer." He held out a hand, the same one that he had moments before been using as some type of useless, rotting, shield.

"I haven't actually been going to the school all that long myself, but I could certainly show you around." he gave her a wink.

Alex reached up to run fingers through his thick mop of hair, pushing it out of his eyes as he shook her hand with his other. Her hand was quite a lot warmer then his, which was cold and quite stiff in comparison. He continued to grin down at her warmly, though, rather amused by the return wink he received.

She was a forward one, wasn't she?

"Well, as long as you don't mind it taking a while to get there, I'm all yours for the afternoon, and possibly evening as well" he raised his eyebrows somehow suggestively, not really sure why he was doing it. Sure, he had flirted with ghouls before, but it didn't seem to hold as much excitement as it once had for him. His mind kept wandering to somebody, but at least this Michi girl was already proving to be a good distraction. She was quite a bit different then any ghoul he'd encountered at the school thus far, spunky and a little bit sassy.

He relinquished his hold on her hand, and continued on.

"Is there anywhere in particular you wanted me to show you? The lake? The library? Are you from around here or did you move from quite far away?"

Yes, Alex was quite the inquisitive zomboil, and couldn't help but ask a bunch of questions. He had begun to walk along, hands finding there way back into his pockets as he looked down at the demon ghoul.

"No siblings hey?" He asked, idly wondering what that might be like. Alex himself had four siblings, 3 sisters and a brother. He just couldn't imagine a life without them in it, or the rest of his families horde. "I guess that's not such a bad thing. Mine cut my head off, once." He lifted his chin up to show off the long, stitched cut across his neck, still stained with blood even after all those long long years. Ghouls liked scars, right?

Places that Alex liked? Somehow he doubted this ghoul wanted a tour of the library, or of Alex's messy room (or maybe she did with all the flirting and gazing up at him she was doing). "I'll take you to the lake then, it's nice there, and close to the..the monster dorms..." Just thinking about those dorms made him think about a certain friend of his that resided there, but he quickly pushed Yin from his mind. Focus on the pretty ghoul!

But now she was asking about parties, and fun. "I've only been a here for about 3 months now, and I can tell you that things so far have never been very dull." He didn't want to mention the fact that he'd managed to dissipate twice already. He also didn't really want to mention that he hadn't been to any parties since coming to the school. No need to make himself look completely lame, so he altered the subject a little. "I'm sure you've heard all about the Christmas Invasion on the news. That was pretty exciting. Oh, and just a few days ago, everyone swapped genders." He frowned, remembering how horrible that had been, all those emotions, the boobs, the lack of other parts he had gotten somewhat fond of in the last sixteen years. "It only lasted 24 hours though, but I have to tell you, I made a pretty fantastic looking ghoul." He grinned down at her, still trying to act cool and a little flirtatious to hold her attention.

As they continued to walk, Alex made a turn in the path, veering them towards the monster dorms. It wouldn't take too much longer to get there.

"Uh, ya..my twin sisters did it. They never did explain why they did, though, just that they wanted to see what would happen." He realised suddenly he didn't really want to talk about his sisters. They were not his two favorite people in Halloween.

Ohhh, so she had some ex boilfriends? Alex didn't even have a single ex ghoulfriend to boast about, let alone the plural format. "I'm pretty certain if things keep up they way they have been around here, you will not be disappointed." That could really be taken as a good thing, or a bad thing, Alex supposed. Jack knew his mother wasn't all that thrilled about some of the things he'd let slip during phone conversations. She was mentioning sending some family to bring him back home a little too often, of late. But....despite everything, Alex still liked it here. He liked the friends he'd made, and he liked how much he was learning, he even liked the training he was getting to become a better fighter....though that might have had more to do with the trainer.

No, stop it! Pretty ghoul! Focus!

"Funnily enough, I looked quite a bit like my mom!" Alex laughed about that, though people often said he took after his mom quite a bit even in his boil form. Annnnd then he came to the sudden realisation that he'd called himself a hot ghoul, then said he looked like his mom.

Well Jack-damnit, that was smoooooth. Maybe she wouldn't notice.

But they were now making there way up a hill, and at the top of it, one could see the lake below, and the Monster dorms to the side. "Here we are." He smiled. "I like to come here sometimes just to get away, it's quite peaceful, really." He shrugged. "Though I've heard there are parties down here sometimes as well, so it's not always so quiet."

He laughed at that, "Ah, but then if she found out it was just me, I might not be going to this school much longer." He confessed. "She's not been too happy with the things she's seen on the news, thinks I'd be safer at home." He turned away from the dorms, looking down at the smokey red demoness before him. "And then who would all the pretty ghouls go to for a tour of the campus?" he teased.

"C'mon, I'll show you around the school a little bit, give you a general idea of where things are. You sound like a ghoul who can appreciate a good meal! There are some few restaurants not too far of a walking distance for ones who don't mind walking." He wrinkled up his nose a bit in distaste, fully aware such a walk would probably take him half a day or more. "There's a Maul fairly close by with a large foodcourt and more restaurants." His mind wandered a little back to the experiences he'd had there with Yin, but he quickly pushed them aside. "And of course, there is the school cafeteria." He grinned. "We can wander past there, if you want? I promise, no garden party sandwhiches will be served but..uh..watch out for Ginger." Ginger was the large lunch lady that sported a mustache and was really not all that pleasant to be around. Alex had learnt this on his first day wandering the school, and when Siddie had been the one to show him around.

Alex grinned happily. Maybe he'd made another friend that he could drag to the maul with him the next time he needed new clothes? It was really much easier to buy new ones then the clean the ones he had. She seemed pretty enthusiastic about it, too, which was better then when he'd taken Yin, who really hadn't seemed to enjoy himself much.

He grimaced a little when she asked who Ginger was, though. "Ah, well, Ginger is the lunch lady..you'll know it's her when you see her. Big, burly, mustached, and quite gruff. Harmless though, really.....just not the most pleasant ghoul I've ever come across."

Ok, so Michi liked shopping, and she liked eating. These were two things Alex could really appreciate in a ghoul.

He turned away from the lake and started to stumble/trip/slide his way back down the hill the direction they came, nearly losing his balance and falling flat on his face once or twice, but somehow always managing to keep his feet beneath him where they should be. He then made sure she was still with him before continuing on there way.

"So, what do you like to do in your spare time?" he asked, while making there slow way towards the school.

Alex nearly stumbled again, but this time more out of surprise then from being on uneven ground. He could feel that slow warmth that never quite made it all the way to his face seeping into the back of his neck.

"I...I'm afraid this..cute...boil is probably not the most exciting one you've ever met." He finally managed. "I like to read, a lot. I take as many classes as I can during the day, and I don't like physical activity very much, so I avoid it if at all possible. Or at least, I used to." Jack damned Yin with his stupid training. But Alex needed it, or the hunters were like to kill him. Again.

"But, uh, I also like to play video games, eat, go to the maul to do some shopping sometimes. I like big groups of people as well, so parties are nice." Never mind that he actually hadn't been invited to any parties yet, and that the two times he was with large groups of students were also the two times he'd dissipated.

"Sorry, that's probably not what you wanted to hear, huh?" He grinned down at her, "Maybe you could throw a party yourself sometime? Make it an open house, spread the word. I could come, and I have friends I could drag along."